ANTIENT MYTHOLOGY:

WHEREIN AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO DIVEST TRADITION OF FABLE;

AND TO REDUCE THE TRUTH TO ITS ORIGINAL PURITY.

BY JACOB BRYANT, ESQ.

THE THIRD EDITION.

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A VINDICATION OF THE APAMEAN MEDAL;

Observations and Inquiries relating to various

Parts of Antient History;

A COMPLETE INDEX,

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As there has been much uncertainty about the purport and extent of these terms; and they are of great consequence in the course of history; will endeavour to state their true meaning. Phoinic, or Poinic, was an Egyptian and Canaanitish term of honour; from whence were formed Φοινιξ, Φοίνικες, Φοινικοεις of the Greeks, and Phoinic, Poinicus, Poinicius of the Romans; which were afterwards changed to Phoenix, Punicus, and

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